Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-30
ART AND ARTISTS.
Tae Studio of Miss Marie GGrIinski-
Remarkable Still Life Studies
Water COlOrs.
''PIOwing Time,' After BOnheur, a
Striking Piece Of WOrk-The
Lady's Success in Teaching.
Miss s. L. MOnrOe's Studio in the
Commerce Building Review of
the Lady's Late Works.

were highly interested the other day in
viewing some of this young lady's works.
knowing that she had been studying IN
an academy at Milan, Italy, for a consid-
cradle length of time, we We're expecting
10 see some good specimens of art, and
on arriving at her studio we were agree
ably surprised, for the works that we
we're shown far surpassed our anticipa-
lions, and we at once came to the con-
>lusion that the three years and half
she had been in Italy had not been idly
spent, and that she had been studying
under the proper kind of teacher.
Her style of painting is entirely
different from anything we have
heretofore seen, both in the subjects and
The manner of execution. She paints
almost entirely in water colors, and her
iavorite subjects seem to be in still-life,
some of which she has carried to high
state Of perfection. We were shown a
remarkable piece of this class represent
ing a vase, bouquet of roses and an old
fashioned PLAGUE upon which is painted
a portrait of some ancient person; the
background is composed of drapery. This
is a splendid piece of work, and the
manner in which she has handled each
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of the vase is good, and it has
q round appearance, and stands out
in bold relief; the roses have a fresh
look about them and are richly colored.
The plaque has been equally as well
handled, and the drapery is some of the
best we have ever seen and shows at
once that it was painted by a skillful
hand.
Another piece, in still life, with a sub
ject similar to the one described above,
only much larger, has an artistic appear
ance. One of the most notable things in
this, is the drapery in the background.
1t is of a deep, rich crimson color and
the folds have been represented in a
manner that is truly wonderful She
has several other pieces, in still life,
equally as we'll executed as the above
but our own limited space forbids our
mentioning them at this time. She has
also three or four very pretty little paint
ings in water colors, representing street
scenes; they have all been treated with
the same efficiency as the rest of her
works, which show that she is almost as
much at home with these subjects as in
still-life. The drawing of the houses is
good, and the paintings, though small,
have a good aerial perspective. Miss
Gorlinski should be proud of the above
works, for they are certainly excellent,
and when we take into consideration that
they are in water colors, which is far more
difficult to use than oil paints, she is de-
serving of a double amount of praise
She is quite an adept at flower painting
and has some very fine specimens, in oil,
mostly composed of vases, all taken
from nature. She has broad free style
of painting flowers that is entirely
different from any of our local artists,
but we presume it is the correct way for
they have certain briiliancy about them
that is true to nature and is not seen in
flowers that have been painted in q
careful studied way. An elegant piece
of work representing an Antique vase'' in
India ink and water colors attracted our
attention and is one of the artists best
it is quite large and has a number of
ancient figures painted on it, represent
ing warriors in different attitudes 1t is
well painted throughout, and she has
done the subject credit. A drawing en-
titled "Plowing Time," a copy after
Bonheur, in crayon, is another cleverly
executed piece of art and makes a good
picture. There are two men, one holding
the pillow and the other driving the cat
tie; the men and cattle have been drawn
with fidelity true to life,
and look perfectly natural. There
is a landscape in the background
composed of hills and trees, which shows
care and taste, and is in keeping with
the rest of the picture. Miss Gorlinski
is teaching drawing and painting, and
has quite a large class of pupils, to whom
she is giving private lessons at her stu
do; some Of them are making good pro-
gress, and are turning out some pieces
that are truly promising. She also
teaches a class at All Hallows.
We have great many good artists in
this Territory, and they nearly all confne
themselves to oil painting; but we are
pleased to know that there is at least one
good water color painter, and We should
be pleased to see Miss lGorlinski devote
herself principally to water colors, for
she undoubtedly excels in that branch
of painting.
MISS 5. L. MONROE.
This lady's studio is situated in the
Commerce Building, where she is en-
gagged in teaching painting and drawing;
she has, at the present time, about fifteen
pupils, some of whom are progressing
favorable to their teachers credit, par
ticularly in flower painting. Miss Mon
roe is native of Vermont, but has been
in Utah for some time; she is All artist
of long experience, and combined with
her natural ability is we'll adapted for
teacher. We certainly 10 admire her
method Of teaching; she does as nearly
as possible, have her pupils take every
thing from nature, which is the correct
way. We were shown several of Miss
Monroe's work, some of which are very
fine, especially her flower painting; she
has several specimens in this line, which
are among the best we have ever seen,
and they are all taken from nature. She
has also done some figure painting, some
OF which is very good one piece especially
entitled Summer" a figure painting,
is far above the average; the features
are true and lifelike; wreath of flowers
encircles the head and are painted in the
same skillful manner in which all of her
flowers are painted. The long golden
tresses streaming down her back have
been depicted in a mastery manner and
form a conspicuous feature in this paint
ing; the drapery and other parts of the
costume have been we'll handled, and
taking the picture as a whole, it is good
piece Of work and shows the lady to pos
sess considerable talent as a figure
painter. She had also some tolerable
good specimens OF landscape painting, al
though she does not appear 70 be as
happy in this branch as the others, of
which we have made mention Among
her best is Brennan Lake." near
Gunnison in Colorado. To the back of
the lake are shown the Ruby Peaks
which have been painted with good